Upholstery-goods-marking board.



J. G. HULSE & A. E'. SGHRAMM. UPHOLSTERY GOODS MARKING BOARD;APPLICATION 4'FILED 8BPT.18, 1909.

942,908. Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

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JESSE G. HULSE AND ADOLPI L. SCI-IRAMM, 0F CGLUIJIBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNORST0 'IUFTING MACHINE SUPPLY COMPANY, GF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATIGN0F ILLINOIS.

UPHLSTERY-GOODS-MARKING BOARD.

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Application filed September 18, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Jnssn G. I-IULsn and noiirn F. Sor-namur, citizensof the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklinand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inUpholstery-Goods-ltlarking Boards, of which the following is aspecilication.

This invention relates to tufting devices and has for its object toprovide simplified and inexpensive means for facilitating the accurateand proper marking of leather or other' covering goods used inupholstery work preparatory to shaping pockets therein to make the tuftsin such goods. Heretofore such pockets have been outlined by crayon andshaped by hand on the tufting board.

.lhe inventionis embodied in the construction herein shown and describedand then pointed out. in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a plan view illustrating afraction of the n'iarking board. Fig. 2 is a section on the line c fcFig. l. Iiig. 3 is a side view of an implement used in connection withthe board.

In the views 5 designates a board which is preferably of wood and ofdimensions ample to receive in a thoroughly spread-out condition thepiece of leather or other goods to be marked. Into the surface of theboard are driven the necessary number of elongated U-shaped orstaple-like pieces 6 of wire the legs of which are pointed vtofacilitate their penetration as shown by dotted lines. The staple-likepieces are driven into the board until the central portions thereof orthat portion between the legs lies against the board and so as to formon the board a projecting rib. 'Ihese staple-like pieces are shown to beof equal length, and they are located on crossing diagonal lines, and ineach line they are equally spaced apart so as to form regularly arrangeddiamond shaped figures. The angular relation of the lines in which thestaple-like devices are arranged can be different from that shown so asto provide for the demarking of a different form of tuft. In the spacesbetween the ends of the staple-like pieces are secured pins 7 onto whichthe material to be marked is pressed to punch holes for the buttons. Atone margin of the board, as shown, is driven a series of staple-likepieces 8. These Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. ila, i909.

Serial No. 518,351.

pieces 8 are arranged parallel to each other and each on a linecoinciding with the major diameters of the diamond-shaped figures. Inthe margin beyond each of the devicesS is a group of three pins 9, eachlike those shown at 7. The pieces 8 provide for marking the goods at themargin and the three pins 9 for perforating the goods for the passage ofa button or fastening' device when the goods are plaited on the lineimpressed by the piece 8.

In Fig. 3 is shown a tool or implement we use in connection with theboard. This tool consists of a blade IO with a rounded notch l0al at itsend and a suitable handle ll. In practice the piece of leather or othergoods to be marked is carefully spread out over the board so as to lieevenly after which it is pressed down on the pins 7 and 9 so as to makeperforations in the goods where the pins are located. After this thetool shown in Fig. 3 is used to crease the goods at the ribs 6 and 8 bydrawing' the notched portion of the tool with pressure on the goodslongitudinally over said ribs 6 and 8. In this operation the pinssubserve the function of holding the goods constantly in properposition. After the goods have been marked the piece is removed andplaced upon the tufting board where the hair or other material used inmaking the tufts is applied as well understood by those skilled in theart.

The preliminary marking or creasing by means of the devices heredescribed is greatly facilitated and great economy of time and labor andexpense secured, and such marks or creases permit the very rapid fullplaiting of the lines and the shaping-of the diamond or other shapedportions into suitable pockets of the required depth to receive thet-ufting material.

What we claim is:

l. In a marking device for upholstery covering goods, the combinationwith a suitable board, of staple-like members driven therein to formribs on intersecting lines demarking the portions of the goods toreceive tufting material, and means on said board whereby the goods canbe perforated for the reception of button holding devices.

2. In a marking device for upholstery covering goods, the combinationwith a suitable board, of staple-like members driven therein to formribs on intersecting lines demarking the portions of the goods toreceive tufting material, and pins on said board whereby the goods canbe perforated for the reception of bu'nlon holding` devices.

n a markingl device for upholstery covering goods the combination with asuitable board of staple-like members driven therein to form ribs onintersect-ing lines demarking the portions of the goods to receivetufting material and similar members driven 0n lines to be plaited atthe margin of the goods, means on said board whereby the geods can beperforated for the recept-ion of button holding devices, and means forpererating the margin of the goods for the reception of fasteningdevices.

JESSE G. HULSE. ADOLPH F. SCHRAMM.

Witnesses BENJ. FINCK-EL, GEORGE M. FINGKEL.

